A man is found slaughtered and dismembered in the sleepy Georgia town of Mount Raven. Sheriff Grady (Gary Busey) soon discovers the killer's identity: a 600-pound Bengal tiger that's escaped from a traveling carnival. As an English big-game hunter (Ian D. Clark), the National Guard, a ravenous press and curious thrill seekers descend on Mount Raven, the race is on to capture the beast before it kills again.